Strategies for Building a Successful Clinical Research Team in the Care Setting

Susan P Landis serves as the Executive Director for the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Prior to joining the Association, Ms Landis led Strategic Engagement & Marketing Communications for the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the largest academic research institute in the world. While at Duke, Ms Landis established and led the DCRI Research Communications & Engagement group and created ResearchTogether™, a model for championing patient engagement at every phase in clinical research trials and studies. With her team, she ushered in a unique method for returning results to trial participants and established the first-ever Engagement Protocol™ model. Ms Landis also served as a team member on commercial-funded interventional and outcome studies and several large government-funded trials, including the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program (ECHO), the ABC Science Collaborative, and RADx-UP. Prior to joining Duke, Ms Landis worked at Quintiles (now IQVIA) as an executive for the company’s Patient Engagement division. She also managed the company’s branding initiatives and thought leadership program and served as a corporate communications business partner for the company’s business units that represented more than $5 billion and 30,000 employees.

Michelle Rowe, RN serves as the Vice President for HCA Healthcare Research Institute. HCA Healthcare Research Institute (HRI) is the multispecialty clinical research arm of HCA Healthcare that is focused on advancing care for every individual through an affiliated network of providers and sites. In her role, she is responsible for the overall leadership, strategy and direction of all clinical research operations within the HCA Healthcare network across 12 divisions at 33 sites, including cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, infectious disease, women’s and children’s and behavior health areas.